Song of the Spring Pony (1985)
• March 22nd, 1985 • 1h 48min
Drama
Overview
Hoshino Bunzo raises up his orphan grandson, Keiji whose right leg gets paralyzed when he was an infant. Bunzo loves Keiji so much that he does every thing to protect his grandson. Sonoda Keiko, a new young teacher comes to the school when a new term starts. She wants Keiji to go back to school. After two years absence from school, Keiji tries to attend the class but he cannot continue. All pupils hold an exhibition of Keiji’s paintings in the village shrine to make him happy. He is very pleased and gives his paintings to them and to Keiko, he gives a painting entitled "Spring Pony". When this picture is awarded a prize in the National Friendship Painting Compettition, it is like a new beginning for Keiji’s family.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
To Sir, with Love
Released on: 1967-06-14
Drama
A British Guianese engineer starts a job as a high school teacher in London’s East End, where his un...
West of Zanzibar
Released on: 1928-11-24
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired wit...
Hide and Seek
Released on: 2013-08-19
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A school girl visits a house to take a koto lesson. She meets her teacher and her son and they seem ...
It All Starts Today
Released on: 1999-03-12
Drama
In a mining town which has been blighted by economic downturns, an elementary school headmaster stru...
Bustin' Loose
Released on: 1981-05-22
Comedy, Drama
After ex-con Joe Braxton violates his probation, he is given a second chance. All he has to do is dr...
Chalk
Released on: 2007-05-11
Comedy, Drama
Three rookie teachers and one unenthusiastic assistant principal face a rambunctious student body, a...
Hell in the Pacific
Released on: 1968-12-19
Drama, War, Adventure
During World War II, a shot-down American pilot and a marooned Japanese navy captain find themselves...
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Released on: 1959-01-15
War, Drama, History
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of la...
Butterfly
Released on: 1999-09-24
Drama
The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a cl...
The Wave
Released on: 1981-10-04
Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
A teacher conducts an experiment in an American high school where students learn how easy it is to b...
Pigs and Battleships
Released on: 1961-01-21
Crime, Drama
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occup...
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Released on: 1954-09-25
Drama, Action, Adventure
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a ...
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Released on: 1956-01-03
Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, History
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal...
Akitsu Hot Springs
Released on: 1962-06-15
Romance, Drama
Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal s...
Conrack
Released on: 1974-03-27
Drama
A young, white school teacher is assigned to Yamacraw Island, an isolated fishing community off the ...
Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns
Released on: 2000-01-27
Comedy, Drama
Manos, a Greek school teacher, is forced to travel to Melbourne, Australia when the man who murdered...
Stray Dog
Released on: 1949-10-17
Crime, Drama, Thriller
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded...
Too Late the Hero
Released on: 1970-05-20
Drama, Action, War
A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island...
Black
Released on: 2005-02-04
Drama
Unable to see, hear, or speak after a childhood illness, a young woman grows up prone to violent out...